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The federal government spent $8.5 million of taxpayer money to create podcasts promoting left-wing causes, according to a report obtained by The New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n The spending, first discovered by taxpayer watchdog OpenTheBooks.com<\/a>, revealed that $8,535,556 has been provided to create 58 podcasts between February 2020 and September 2023.<\/p>\n During that same period, the government spent $323.7 million on numerous other projects including the podcasts.<\/p>\n According to the report, the podcasts were largely funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), operating on a combined budget of $207 million. Some of the topics covered in the podcasts included history, art, literature, science, languages, and religion.<\/p>\n One podcast funded by the entities focuses on Southern history and features an episode<\/a> titled, \u201cBedfellows Forever: How 19th-century male romantic friendships queer our understanding of historical masculinity.\u201d The episode\u2019s host is described as \u201cgrappling with how to define his own relationship with his best friend.\u201d<\/p>\n More than $200,000 was provided for an episode<\/a> of a podcast discussing a \u201crelatively new, gender-neutral pronoun which challenged Swedish grammar norms.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe use of hen tapped into a conversation the country was already having about gender and equality,\u201d the episode\u2019s description continues. \u201cCan the introduction of one word make a difference in changing societal views?\u201d<\/p>\n Another podcast targeted<\/a> children with COVID-19 content.<\/p>\n